Non-refillable bottle.



G. H. MONTFORT & A. L. BEAUCHAINE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1913.

1,076,510, Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

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GLENN H. MONTFORT AND ALFRED L. BEAUGHAINE, OF CI- IATTANO'OGA, TENNESSEE.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 21, 1913.

Application filedil'anuary 31, 1913. Serial No. 745,479.

in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to bottles, particu-v larly to non-refillable bottles, and has for an object to provide a bottle which cannot be conveniently refilled after the original contents have been withdrawn therefrom.

The invention embodies, among other fea tures, a simple and durable structure sup ported in the neck of a bottle and which permits of readily pouring the contents of the bottle therefrom but prevents a refilling of the bottle with a spurious or adulterated fluid.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of ref erence denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of the bottle, showing the same in an upright position, with the valve closed; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the bottle tilted, with the valve in open position; Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 38 in Fig. 1; Fig. 4: is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line k in Fig. l; and Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 5-5 in Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the views, we disclose a bottle body 10 including an integral neck 11 having a restricted portion 12, in which is arranged a ring-like member 13 providing a valve seat 14. The medial portion of the neck 11 is flared and the upper end of the neck is again restricted to provide a tubular portion 15 adapted to receive the usual cork or stopper 16 therein, thus forming an annular shoulder 17 between the flared portion of the neck and the upper restricted portion thereof.

A baiile member 18 is mounted to depend in the flared portion of the neck 11 and consists of an inte ral tubular body 19 having a longitudinal passage 20 and terminating at the lower end in an integral inverted conical head 21, a series of horizontal passages 22 being provided in the body 19 adjacent the head 21 to communicate with the passage 20 and permit of the fluid in. the bottle body flowing through the neck to the exterior of the bottle body, the said body 19 being preferably secured in the neck of the bottle body by an expansible locking ring 23 which normally is received in an annular groove 24 in the body 19 prior to the insertion of the body in the neck of the bottle. Now when the ring has been forced into the groove 24: the body is inserted in the upper restricted portion of the neck of the bottle body, and at the moment the ring 23 passes the shoulder 17 of the neck, the ring will expand and engage the inner wall of the flared portion of the neck, thus locking the body 19 within the neck and preventing the re moval thereof. A series of vertical vent passages 25 are provided in the body 19 to extend longitudinally therein, the inner ends of the vent passages terminating in the an nular groove 24, and in order to prevent accidental disengagement of the ring 23 with the body 19, one end 26 of the said ring is preferably arranged to extend transversely through the body, as shown, thus supporting the ring on the body.

A valve 27 is mounted to loosely seat on the valve seat let to close the entrance to the bottle body, the said valve including a conical head 28 and an integral extension 29, and arranged with respect to the conical head 21 of the body 19 so that when the bottle body is tilted, the valve 27 will slide forwardly out of engagement with the valve seat 14, thus opening the passage to the bottle body so that the fluid can flow therefrom into the neck and thence through the passages 22 and the passage 20 to the exterior of the bottle body, the forward opening movement of the valve 27 being limited by the inverted conical head 21 of the body 19 and which is engaged by the valve when the bottle body is tilted, in the manner shown in Fig. 2.

From the foregoing description it will be readily apparent that tools or other instruments cannot be inserted in the neck of the bottle body for the purpose of tampering with the valve, while at the same time, when the bottle body is tilted, the contents thereof will readily fiow therefrom, and it will be further apparent that the structure disclosed is simple in construction, effective in appearance and provides for a neat and substantial bottle, which, when the original contents have once been withdrawn therefrom, cannot be conveniently refilled.

Having thus described our invention, we claim:

In a non-refillable bottle, the combination with a bottle body, of a neck carried there by, a valve loosely supported in the neck to normally close the said bottle body, a baflie member supported within the neck and consisting of an integral body having horizontal and vertical communicating passages provided for the passage of fluid when the bottle body is tilted, the said baffle member having a series of vertical vent passages and an annular groove, with the inner ends of the vent passages terminating in the said annular groove, and a locking ring having one end thereof secured to the baffle member, with the said ring normally reposing in the said groove and having portions thereof engaging the neck of the bottle body to rigidly support the battle member therein.

In testimony whereof We aflix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

GLENN I-I. MONTFORT. V ALFRED L. BEAU'CHAINE.

Witnesses:

D. F. BEOKHAM, F. L. RUssELL.

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Washington, I). G. 

